PA’s Supreme Sharia judge: Ramadan will revive ‘jihad for our legitimate goals,’ and ‘occupation’ will be ‘erased’

Contrary to establishment media claims, Ramadan is not a month of peace and love toward unbelievers. Ramadan is the month of jihad. In April 2022, the same Al-Habbash declared that “Ramadan is not a month of laziness but rather a month of activity, of effort, and of hard work, and as it also was in the life of the Prophet, a month of jihad, conquest, and victory.” The jihad he had in mind was violence against unbelievers, as a Muslim cleric in India, Maulana Bashir Ahmad Khaki, made clear in 2018: “Ramadan is the pious month of ‘Jihad-o-Qital’ (Jihad and killing). Those who attain martyrdom while waging Jihad, doors of heaven remain open.” In 2012, a jihad group in Bulgaria explained that “Ramadan is a month of holy war and death for Allah. It is a month for fighting the enemies of Allah and God’s messenger, the Jews and their American facilitators.”

“Ramadan and Jihad: PA’s top religious leader links the two,” by Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch, March 10, 2024:

The PA’s top religious figure Mahmoud Al-Habbash has once again linked the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with Jihad.

“Ramadan will [revive]… the power of faith, activity, and just Jihad for our legitimate goals and rights… what will be erased and will leave is the racist occupation.”

[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash,
Facebook page, March 1, 2024]

When Al-Habbash writes that the Palestinian Jihad will achieve the Palestinian “legitimate goals” and that the “occupation” will be “erased,” he is encouraging Palestinians to see Ramadan as a time of terror to advance the PA’s fundamental goal of destroying Israel. When the PA and Mahmoud Al-Habbash talk about “occupation,” they are referring to all of Israel’s existence, as Al-Habbash has made clear many times. In a recent talk, he explained that “occupation” from the PA’s perspective is Israel’s existence “for more than seven decades already.” According to Abbas’ advisor, only Israel’s destruction will bring peace:

“[Israel] doesn’t want to understand that the cause of everything is the occupation’s (i.e., Israel’s) existence. Once the occupation (i.e., Israel) comes to an end, there will be no violence or bloodshed from any side. As long as the occupation exists, they must understand that they have no hope of living securely and safely… For more than seven decades already (i.e., since Israel’s establishment in 1948), the Palestinian people has been in this situation and wants to be rid of the occupation and achieve its freedom, honor, and state.”

[PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, Oct. 9, 2023]

Accordingly, when Al-Habbash leads up to Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, which starts today, by reiterating that Ramadan revives the Jihad which will lead to the “occupation’s erasure,” he is again promising terror that will lead to Israel’s destruction:

“[PA] Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and President [Abbas’] Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Sheikh Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash said… that the [Muslim fasting] month of Ramadan will remain a tenet of faith that revives within us the power of faith, activity, and just Jihad for our legitimate goals and rights and for the defense of our religious holy sites, and particularly the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and what will be erased and will leave is the racist occupation (i.e., Israel), its tools, and its angels of destruction.”…